Croatia comes to this stage as second in Group F for equalizing without goals against the Moroccans in the debut, for thrash Canada 4-1 and after goalless draw with Belgium in the closure of the zone, leaving him out of the World Cup.
It is the fourth time that Japan has reached the round of 16 of a World Cup in his 7 participations, since his debut in 1998 in France (2002, 2010 and 2018), and he was never able to get into a higher instance.
The European team, which also debuted at the 1998 World Cup, registers a semifinal in said competition at the hands of Davor Suker and a third place; then it did not pass the round in the 2002-2006 and 2014 editions, to lose the final with France in 2018.
The history of both in World Cups registers a Croatian victory in 1998 in the group stage 1-0 and a goalless draw at Germany 2006, which eliminated both teams from the final rounds of that competition.
The only time Japan managed to win against Croatia in overall history was 4-3 in an international friendly.played on June 8, 1997, in the first of the three occasions they came across.
When will Japan vs Croatia play?
The Japanese and the Croats will meet at the Al Janoub Stadium for a place in the quarterfinals, from 12 (Argentine time) with arbitration by the American Ismail Elfath.
Where to watch Japan vs Croatia
The duel between Asians and Europeans will be in charge of the TyC Sports and DirecTV signals.
Japan vs Croatia: possible formations
Japan
- Shuichi Gonda
- Kou Itakura
- Maya Yoshida
- Shōgo Taniguchi
- Junya Ito
- Morita Hidemasa
- Ao Tanaka
- Yuto Nagatomo
- Daichi Kamada
- Daizen Maeda
- Takefusa Kubo
- DT: Hajime Moriyasu.
Croatia
- Dominik Livakovic
- Josip Juranovic
- Dejan Lovren
- Josko Gvardiol
- Borna Sosa
- Luka modric
- Marcelo Brozóvic
- matthew kovacic
- andrej kramaric
- Marko Livaja
- Ivan Pericic
- DT: Zlatko Dali.
Source: Ambito
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